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Diseased Babies Misguided Parents
Some institutions and staff have a great deal of trouble dealing with ‘the terrible twosomes’. Before anybody starts establishing a drug regimen for his or her toddler, maybe he or she should read the… more →
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Diseased Babies Misguided Parents
mindfreedomvirginia wrote 2 days ago: Some institutions and staff have a great deal of trouble dealing with ‘the terrible twosomes’. Befor … more →
The Psychiatrist's New Clothes
mindfreedomvirginia wrote 3 days ago: DEMYSTIFYING PSYCHIATRY: A RESOURCE FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES Two psychiatrists, Drs. Charles F. Zor … more →
Psychosis Increases Risk Of Dying From Heart Disease
mindfreedomvirginia wrote 5 days ago: Previously I’d written on a study of veterans with mental illnesses dying of heart attacks. Apparent … more →
Newly Discovered Mental Disorder Strikes Doctors
mindfreedomvirginia wrote 1 week ago: There is an unseen epidemic rampant in the psychiatric profession of doctors suffering from ODPD, or … more →
Mental health consumers more likely to die of heart disease
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mindfreedomvirginia wrote 1 week ago: A new study has looked at the high incidence of heart disease among people in mental health treatmen … more →
Florida Task Force Recommendations On Foster Child Drugging
mindfreedomvirginia wrote 1 week ago: The panel on foster children drugging is back with its recommendations. According to an article in a … more →
War Wounds: VA Ignores an "Epidemic" of Veteran Suicides
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James Ridgeway wrote 1 week ago: This Veterans Day, tributes continue for the 13 soldiers killed last week at Ford Hood, gunned down … more →
Support Mental Health Recovery
mindfreedomvirginia wrote 1 week ago: I came across this article with the heading Support for Mental Illness. It was on the efforts of a b … more →
Rewarding Bad Behavior: Charles Nemeroff At The University Of Miami
mindfreedomvirginia wrote 2 weeks ago: Since when does losing the chair of a department at one University qualify you to chair the same dep … more →
Take a long vacation, and call me when you return
mindfreedomvirginia wrote 2 weeks ago: Yikes! A sense of helplessness can feed itself, can’t it? Here’s an article I’ve recently had … more →
It's A Mad Mad World
mindfreedomvirginia wrote 2 weeks ago: Intolerance must have its say. Here’s an article from South Africa, Mental illness does not discrimi … more →
It's A Mad Mad World
mindfreedomvirginia wrote 2 weeks ago: Intolerance must have its say. Here’s an article from South Africa, Mental illness does not discrimi … more →
Changing Life Scripts or Introducing The Magical Theater
mindfreedomvirginia wrote 2 weeks ago: I was reading an article recently that stated that most mental illness, although diagnosed at the ag … more →
Mental Health Recovery
mindfreedomvirginia wrote 3 weeks ago: I found an interesting Canadian article, When the office gives back, about mental illness and the wo … more →
Antipsychotic Drug Elder Abuse
mindfreedomvirginia wrote 3 weeks ago: The Chicago Tribune is currently investigating the misuse of antipsychotic drugs in Illinois nursing … more →
Antipsychotic Drugs And Obesity In Children
mindfreedomvirginia wrote 3 weeks ago: Drug companies and some psychiatrists are at pains to sell this nation on the notion of childhood me … more →
Scottish Woman Suing Health Board
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mindfreedomvirginia wrote 3 weeks ago: A woman from Dumbarton, Scotland, is suing the largest health board in that country according to thi … more →
Mental Health Issues in America
terijshapiro wrote 3 weeks ago: One of the problems with having no health insurance, is that in Wisconsin, you can be covered by Mil … more →
Oppositional Defiant Disorder Explained
mindfreedomvirginia wrote 1 month ago: Do you ever have that ‘you’ve got to be kidding’ feeling? I had that feeling recently when I found t … more →
